Luthien's Madrigal by elfdaughter
Genre: Classical
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Madrigal for Lúthien Tinúviel. Beren saw Lúthien dancing from afar under moonrise beside the Glades of Esgalduin in her father's forest, and such was her beauty that he named her 'Tinúviel', which translates to 'daughter of the starry twilight'. The story of Beren and Lúthien appears in the Lay of Leithan.
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Feter
You are one of Mjers who posted the best music I do love so so much !!!
I m so thankful for such art you share with us ...yes I never heard this
before ...its so lovely I would love to listen to this many times cos
it worth to study and see how the music been written ...I have this
in me these days to analyze ..thank you for sharin !!!!
elfdaughter
Thanks, Feter! I really appreciate that! If you want, I'll send you the midi so you can see how I composed it. It's pretty simple - I just started with a basic phrase then added variations, and let the instruments carry it. After I'd composed it as a midi, when I brought it into EWQLSO to give it more realistic-sounding instruments, I did modify the midi a little and added a couple of new instruments and the choir.
kristyjo
Descriptive of the dancing. I like the weaving lines. I was kind of hoping you'd sing on this one, but the instrumentals are very nice.
elfdaughter
Thanks, Kris! I might do a version when I'm back in York with my vocals on, but I'm at my parents house for the christmas hols. I'm back in York next week, though.
LunaTrick
Listening to this madrigal, it is also fitting that the name Lúthien appears to mean "enchantress" in the Beleriandic dialect of Sindarin!
elfdaughter
Thank you very much, Luna!
Reinholt56
This is a wonderful piece of music to welcome in 2009.
I look forward to hearing more of your arrangements throughout the year.
Happy New Year.
Paul
EEFliess
this is just gorgeous...very soothing to the nerves, the perfect prescription to get through a bad day
elfdaughter
Thanks, EEF! Glad you liked it!
Skean
As always you do so beautiful as harmonised music.. Very nice first post.
Have a great 2009 :D
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Kenta
elfdaughter
Thanks, Kenta!
mowguy3
arrangement. Instrumentation is fantastic. Enjoyed this so much.
Happy New Year and be well, Russ
elfdaughter
Thanks, Russ! Glad you liked it, and happy new year to you, too!
yrp
analyze this musically cause I am not a musician but it´s beautiful...I wish it could go on and on and on...
Henke
Although it sounds a little bit MIDI-ish it simultanously gives a renaissance kind of atmospehere to it which suits the subject matter quite well.
I think it should be mentioned too that the story (of course) is part of J.R.R. Tolkien's world of Middle-Earth, in prose included in the Silmarillion while Lay of Leithan is a poem. I can recognize a few notes from one of the themes in the Lord of the Rings soundtrack, not as a rip-off but as a hint to all Tolkien fans out there.
It is of course also interesting to know that Tinuviel is an elf(daughter)...
Thanks, and have a fantas(y)tic 2009!
/Henke